The Purple People Eater

Sheb Wooley

Well, I saw the thing coming out of the sky
It had one long horn and one big eye
I commenced to shakin’ and I said oo-wee
It looks like a purple people eater to me
It was a one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater
One-eyed-one horned flying purple people eater
Sure looks good to me

Well, he came down to earth and he lit in a tree
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, don’t eat me
I heard him say in a voice so gruff
I would not eat you ‘cos you’re too tough
It was a one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater
One-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me

I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what’s your line
He said eatin’ purple people and it sure is fine
But that’s not the reason that I came to land
I wanna get a job in a rock’n’roll band
Well bless my soul rock’n’roll flyin’ purple eater
Pigeon-toed under-growed flyin’ purple eater
One-eyed one-horned it was a people eater
What a sight to see

Well he swung from the tree and he lit the ground
He started to rock really rockin’ around
It was a crazy ditty with a swingin’ tune
Wop bop-a-lula, wop bam boom
One-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater
One-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater
Ooh, it sure looks strange to me

Well he went on his way and then what do you know
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was a blowin’ it out and really knockin’ them dead
Playing rock’n’roll music through the horn in his head

Trivia about the song The Purple People Eater by Ian Gillan

When was the song “The Purple People Eater” released by Ian Gillan?
The song The Purple People Eater was released in 1988, on the album “Accidentally on Purpose”.
Who composed the song “The Purple People Eater” by Ian Gillan?
The song “The Purple People Eater” by Ian Gillan was composed by Sheb Wooley.

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